Kinda, just got an extra 9 free Sundays this year. Still going to watch the games but I can do other shit as well. Wont really be getting excited about Falcons football again till we make some changes in the FO and coaching staff.

Kinda, just got an extra 11 free Sundays this year. Still going to watch the games but I can do other shit as well. Wont really be getting excited about Falcons football again till we make some changes in the FO and coaching staff.

^This. After such hope and promise, it was all dashed with this game. Winning covered up the fact that investing real talent in the trenches was being grossly ignored--to near-negligent levels.

This offseason should be a season of change. Koetter needs to go for sure. Nolan and Smith might end up staying, but Koetter HAS to go. His unimaginative playcalling has left a lot to be desired with our offensive talent.

Dimitroff started off 2008 well, but hasn't done much in the way of infusing real, solid talent since. After all that drafting along with offseasons to explore trades, Bierrman was still the best you could do opposite an aging Abe (and now Osi)? And don't get me started on the trenches.

Hope--and winning--will be restored once real change is implemented and new talent is brought it.

Jackson and Gonzo are gone for sure. Both retire and take their contracts with them. HD has shown he can be an awesome option. We need a big player on D. Maybe that person is on the roster, maybe not. We need a running back who isn't afraid to run into the hole. We also need a philosophy change. We need to be more aggressive. I'll bet either Nolan or Koetter gets another job this offseason. We won't fire them. It will be like 2011 one will disappear.

I am relieved but im mad as hell, because we had been screaming about O-line and D line the whole year and they get Steven Jackson and it was stupid. Everything management did thsi year was dumb and I hope someone gets fired for it. We went from the team that was 10 yards from the super bowl to were a little bit better then jacksonville. If TD or Smitty goes. I wouldn't care. We didn't need a RB, we needed to tighten up things like o-line and D-line and of course we got ignored. Pray next year is better. :(

Jesus, Matt's season rating dropped from 105.9 to 94.2 today. Can we please stop playing Arizona with extended rest now? Seriously, last year they were coming off a bye, 5 picks. This season, they are coming off a Thursday game, 4 picks.

I don't want to see next weeks game. Carolina's front 7 with 10 days rest is liable to rack up double digit sacks against our OL.

Jackson and Gonzo are gone for sure. Both retire and take their contracts with them. HD has shown he can be an awesome option. We need a big player on D. Maybe that person is on the roster, maybe not. We need a running back who isn't afraid to run into the hole. We also need a philosophy change. We need to be more aggressive. I'll bet either Nolan or Koetter gets another job this offseason. We won't fire them. It will be like 2011 one will disappear.

I wouldn't say "relieved" but I would say that at least all hope is gone now and I can focus on other things. I agree w/ nativefalcon in saying that this past offseason looks stupid as hell now. Going after S-Jax when Snelling/Rodgers has shown to work well. Completely neglecting the two biggest problems with the Falcons, O-line and the pass rush, should put TD in the hot seat. He seems too focused on getting big names and playmakers and not enough on talent and filling positions of need. We didn't need S-Jax. We needed more than Osi and that O-line is embarrassing outside of Blaylock. Konz needs to be relieved of center duties and moved to RG. We need a RT and C in the offseason. Baker still is good enough for now. As for the D-line, I like Peters as the second best DT and that's it. LB core needs changed. Trufant has impressed but has a lot to learn. Asante is getting old and our safeties... Oh our safeties. When are they going to learn that every play, they are suppose to be the deepest players on the field, not opposing receivers. TD is the biggest one to blame... Then coordinators, then coaching. Can't blame the players for being injured and who they are. The D-line can't snap their fingers and instantly record 15 sacks. Biggest positions of need for the offseason in order: C, DE, RT, OLB, and TE and I'd like us to draft every single one of them.

No, I'm not relieved, because I don't know if Blank has the balls to do what's necessary this offseason.

did you see the look on his face as he was standing on the sidelines? well, actually he was out on the field. to me it looked like the presser after the giants PO blowout, only worse.

I honestly don't see but a few games left on the schedule I'd give us a chance in. the TB game. carolina will take our lunch money next week, and make us sign an agreement to mail it to them every week afterwards.

I wasn't thrilled with the DK hire as OC from the start. last year was such a welcome change after MM, but honestly the reason his offense in jax sucked is becoming more apparent by the week.

Next weekend is my 34th anniversary. We're going out of town, and I won't be where I can watch any games at all. Last year I hid my smart phone and kept track, LOL lets just say I won't be feeling the pressure to risk that this year.

Heres from the presser, first time ever I have seen Matt Ryan in a falcons shirt, rather then in his suit and tie after a game. They say it will get it fixed. I know one thing though, 2-5 the magic number is 7 meaning 7 losses which your out of the playoffs and a winning season. Earlier I was mad, but as phoesis put it I am relieved. Can go to movies and all other things. Because they have 2 games margin of error. I doubt they can go on a 9 game winning streak, if Roddy and Spoon and Baker were all back, possibly. Without no. Anyway here's the presser

Well TD didn't sit in a dark and dusty room wringing his hands together and cackling thinking that he was going to set out and ruin the franchise. The braintrusts came together and decided that it was super bowl or bust and we would ride with a limited but highly paid group of players. One crack and we sink. Well we sunk. Blame TD all you want if it makes you feel good but this lies with the whole franchise.

On the plus side we are just a good offseason away. Good offseasons are easy to come by nowadays. Look at the the Chiefs or Saints. We will free up a lot of money with Tony G and S Jax gone. I would let Osi walk as well. With that kind of money we can look at decent young FAs and solid draft picks. There is no such thing as closing windows in today's NFL. A few good moves, and we have done that before, and we are back on top. We might be looking at the best Falcons team ever in 2014.

Jackson and Gonzo are gone for sure. Both retire and take their contracts with them. HD has shown he can be an awesome option. We need a big player on D. Maybe that person is on the roster, maybe not. We need a running back who isn't afraid to run into the hole. We also need a philosophy change. We need to be more aggressive. I'll bet either Nolan or Koetter gets another job this offseason. We won't fire them. It will be like 2011 one will disappear.

What hole?

We've run well behind that line against Miami. Jackson had 11 caries for 6 yards. Quizz had 2 for 8 yards. Jackson had nothing he was slow and went down on first contact.

Jackson and Gonzo are gone for sure. Both retire and take their contracts with them. HD has shown he can be an awesome option. We need a big player on D. Maybe that person is on the roster, maybe not. We need a running back who isn't afraid to run into the hole. We also need a philosophy change. We need to be more aggressive. I'll bet either Nolan or Koetter gets another job this offseason. We won't fire them. It will be like 2011 one will disappear.

Jesus, Matt's season rating dropped from 105.9 to 94.2 today. Can we please stop playing Arizona with extended rest now? Seriously, last year they were coming off a bye, 5 picks. This season, they are coming off a Thursday game, 4 picks.

I don't want to see next weeks game. Carolina's front 7 with 10 days rest is liable to rack up double digit sacks against our OL.

Yup.. I bitched to the guys I work with about no holes for ANYBODY to run thru.... sigh.. so.. Do y'all think Blank will clean house? Should he clean house?

Will he: Probably not. I think he gives Smith and TD one more year. Those two will decide on the Coordinators, and I think at least DK will go. I think we'll keep Nolan, but he'll only stay as long as Smith.

S-Jax clearly is nowhere near back from his hamstring injury but some of these remarks are grossly unfair. NO ONE could run behind that line today. They were pushed back and plugged up the entire game. I have been screaming for offensive and defensive line upgrades for years and nothing. We need to upgrade the O-line, draft a RB and switch to a 3-4 and build around that.

It is criminal how horrible our lines are in particular the offensive line. It flat out is not a NFL caliber unit.

@Jesus I wouldn't let OSI go, unless like Mike Nolan took over and we changed to a 3-4 defense even then, I would still keep him. I agree with Keith Brooking, we need to go 3-4 and fix the O-line and get a No1 RB and jettison, Sjax and Tony G. I hope he takes the trade it this coming thursday and it would be back to the Chiefs. Give him a chance to win a super bowl, management screwed ours. We have to have good foundations and if you read the AJC, there are tons of idiots that blamining Matt Ryan, which there are about 15 teams that would give their first born for him. Its just plain stupid to blame Matt.